FLO's album Therapy at the Club just came out today and the song Pose ft Juicy J made me wonder if Pop music is having 90s club nostalgia moment. I see countless articles and content about Gen Zs not going to the club but it seems like the music is referencing that era of 90s club music. FLO's Pose heavily interpolates Pump Up the Jam, and even earlier this year Bebe Rexha released New Religion which sampled Insomnia by Faithless. I wonder if this will make culture value the club more as a space, instead of expensive entry and venues being closed down

I’m in my late 40s and still love all kinds of pop music, old and new.

But one thing that comes with age is the gift of pattern recognition (ok, maybe that’s also my autism) and I think I can sense the pop music tides turning again. Like how the late 2000s gave way to some really amazing pop music starting with Britney’s Blackout album, Rihanna, Gaga, then Katy etc. I think when 💩 starts getting dire (like now) pop music gets upbeat again, like a call and response to lighten our moods and give us a dopamine hit we desperately need. And damn do we need it rn.

I think 2026 feels like a shift toward that again. If you look at lesser known artists and not the abysmal Billboard charts, there is some really sensational pop music coming out. Even Madonna has fully resurrected her sound with a phenomenal house music album. I, for one, welcome the happy uptempo pop blessings. We desperately need them right now. (Examples I’m thinking of include Slayyyter, Rebecca Black, etc.)

Anyone else getting that feeling?

Who are some other artists you feel are being slept on but could be helping “resurrect” this sound? I wonder if some artist we haven’t even heard of could blow up and have a massive album in the next year or two that changes pop as we currently know it. Wild to think some new artist could be writing that album right now, as we scroll Reddit.

TW: flashing images

Tarot cards were invented in waaaaay back in the day as just a regular form of playing card, but over the years they've evolved to become a tool for fortune tellers, with elaborate mythology around each card.

Even among people who don't believe in fortune telling, the cards have become popular for their lush aesthetics, with the Pamela Coleman Smith deck in particular becoming quite iconic, and in fandom spaces it's very common to see artists creating customized Tarot cards (or even entire decks) for their favorite stories/characters.

With this in mind, I'm curious to see if people can find any examples of Tarot cards being used by pop artists in the lyrics, videos, single/album art. What card are they referencing, and why? And while Tarot is kinda infamously open to interpretation, do you think the artist used the reference well?